Gains Quotes · Page 16

Knowledge is a rare thing -- you gain by giving it away.

— Ivan Sutherland

You gain nothing by becoming cowards.

— Swami Vivekananda

For everything you gain, you lose something.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.

— Adam Braun

Each party should gain from the negotiation.

— Dale Carnegie

Give him threepence, since he must make a gain out of what he learns.

— Euclid

“No gains are ever achieved without first taking the risk of trying.”

— Norma Gail

The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things.

— Thomas Sowell

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll…

— Franz Grillparzer

Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them.

— Anonymous

For this is England's greatest son, He that gain'd a hundred fights, And never lost an English gun.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

The urge to gain release from tension by action is a precipitating cause of war.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

States with tremendous oil and natural gas reserves have the most to gain economically from proper regulation.

— Gina McCarthy

The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.

— Jefferson Davis

A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.

— Horace

But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in…

— Samuel Johnson

Learn to control your emotions. Be able to glide through them. By practicing concentration exercises and meditation, you will find that when…

— Frederick Lenz

As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's…

— Stephen F. Lynch

Opium is the only drug to' be rely'd on-all the boasted nostrums only take up time, and as the disease [is] often…

— Erasmus Darwin

Questions of personal priority, however interesting they may be to the persons concerned, sink into insignificance in the prospect of any gain…

— Anonymous

An enlightened teacher has so much power that when they meditate, a tremendous aura builds up around them. The aura will open…

— Frederick Lenz

Money destroys human roots wherever it is able to penetrate, by turning desire for gain into the sole motive. It easily manages…

— Simone Weil

There were people who lied for gain, people who lied from pain, people who lied simply because the concept of telling the…

— Stephen King

My son, when you pray, do it like a person who is bidding farewell to this world, and don't assume you will…

— Muadh ibn Jabal

The idea of suicide, understandable as it is, does not seem commendable to me. We live in order to gain the greatest…

— Carl Jung

There was no hope for any kind of big opportunity. I'm not saying it was hopeless. The big pay-off was to work…

— Edward Ruscha

When people learn to master their feelings, they can soon learn to master their reflections and thoughts in the degree requisite for…

— Brigham Young

If Britain becomes a member of the Community, it will be healthier for Britain, advantageous for Europe, and a gain for the…

— James Callaghan

Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear…

— Anonymous

Let not therefore thy heart be troubled, neither let it fear. Trust in me, and put thy confidence in my mercy. When…

— Thomas a Kempis

Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.

— John George Nicolay

A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it.

— William Penn

I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.

— Tahir Shah

The tougher the times, the more clarity you gain about the difference between what really matters and what you only pretend to…

— Po Bronson

With an open mind, we gain insight into ideas and expressions that we may have overlooked or not noticed at all.

— James Van Praagh

Follow your heart's truth with no need for personal gain other than the feeling produced when doing what you truly love.

— Keke Palmer

[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness.

— Swami Vivekananda

When a show has been on for so long, you lose fans, you gain fans. I remember this from 'Saturday Night Live.'

— Kevin Nealon